# EBay to Buy Skype for $4B

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**Created:** [September 12, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ebay-to-buy-skype-for-4b/162385 "2005-09-12T19:33:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ebay-to-buy-skype-for-4b/162385/1 "2005-09-12T19:33:16Z")

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> **[EBay to Buy Skype for $4B](http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/09/13/ebay-to-buy-skype-for-4b.html)**
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> EBay Inc. (EBAY) has agreed to buy the fast-growing Internet start-up Skype in a move to add free Web telephone calls to its online auctions and fuel growth

Interesting venture for ebay